Dr.Sheikh Muszaphar the first Malaysian astronaut had lost a brother, Sheikh Mustafa after tripping over a stone and hitting a pillar before falling on some bricks. He was in a coma and was operated on to remove blood clot in his brain but he did not regain consciousness. He died at the University Malaya Medical Centre. He was buried in Seremban on Sunday.
Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft was launched on Wednesday, 10 October 2007/28 Ramadan 1428H @ 9.21 pm Malaysian time from Baikonur, Kazakhstan headed for ISS with three crews on board. The three crews were veteran Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson and a Malaysian physician Dr.Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. Peggy Whitson will be the first woman to command the orbital outpost and Dr.Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor is Malaysia's first man in space.
Sunday, 21 October 2007/9 Syawal 1428H @ 6.37 pm Malaysian time Soyuz spacecraft returned to earth and landed safely but with a rough descent after a technical glitch that sent the spacecraft on a steeper than normal path. The Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft returned to earth safely. The landing capsule carrying Russians Fyodor Yurchihkin and Oleg Kotov, and Malaysian Dr.Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor landed short of the designated landing site.
